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Getting the news from the people who are affected. People need to demand reform. Were here to provide the analysis. The context. And the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. Ali velshi on target only on Al Jazeera America you are watching Al Jazerra America live from new york city, i am Morgan Radford. Life or death for james holmes the jury set to announce a decision on the colorado Movie Theater shooter. Shuck schumer splits with the president , he says he will vote no. And back to ferguson. One year after the shooting of Michael Brown. We return to the place where one death renewed a movement. You are looking live at the county courthouse in centennial colorado in just a few short minutes james holmes will learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison or whether he will receive the Death Penalty. In july, 2012, home holmes downed don 12 people and injured 70 more. He was charged of 12 count of first degree murder for each of the victims killed that that thoughting. Well bring you want jury life once the verdict is set to be announced. Two key democrats, new york sen her Chuck Schumer and new york congressman elliot single say they will oppose the agreement. But with at least a month until Congress Takes a vote the courting is far from over. John terrett is life for us in washington today. A lot of does surrounding these deflections. Hell teel us a little bit about it. Reporter hey morgan, you know what elliot single and shuck schumer has done is at the end of the week with intense lobbying both for and against the iran deal, there is a chance that their words will be ringing in the ears of lawmakers as they leave this city for their vacation destination this is weekend. Reporter the house is already gone and the senate is clearing up for this weekend and many weeks to think do. So thats the problem. On this weekend it turns out nobody expected shuck schumer to vote for this deal anyway for a variety of reasons. And the white house has taken all of that in to account. I am going to stud at this carefully. I will not pled pressure or politics or party influence nigh decision. Reporter Chuck Schumer tuesday by late thursday night his decision was out there. Its no. The senior senator from new york and leading jewish voice on capitol hill, saying to me, the very real risk that iran will not moderate and wilin stead use the agreement to pursue its nefarious goals is too great. After deep study careful thought and considerable soul searching, i have decided i must oppose the agreement and will vote on a motion of disapproval. Schumers objection center on three key areas. He thinks there are too few restrictions worries the deal end in 10 years and the any time anywhere verification sim practical. The deal is not perfect. But there is not a real alternative. The only alternative is extremely unattractive to walk away and have no variation. Reporter the deal makes it physically impose foible iran to build a bomb. If all you do is refuse this deal and say no, this agreement, if just say no, there is no other alternative to the fact that iran will begin to enrich will pursue its program we will lose international support. We will lose the sanctions, we will wind up in a situation where we do not have the ability to inspect. Reporter schumers reaction of the iran deal comes in a week when lobbying for and against has been stepped up as lawmakers head for their summer vacations. On tuesday israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed major jewish organizations via video link. Dont let the worlds foremost terrorist regime get its hands on the worlds most dangerous weapons. Oppose this bad deal. Reporter at the white house friday spokesman josh earnest didnt seem at all surprised at schumers take another iran deal. Disappointing but not surprising. The fault lines of this argument date back more than a decade. Reporter in other words to the white house schumer was top of their list for voting no on the iran deal anyway analysts like lacy healey say schumers 1600 word late night explanation for a poising the iran deal points to him knowing the numbers on the hill are ultimately stacking up in favor of the deal. I do not think that schumer would have made this announcement at this point if he truly thought that the deal was in yep different. Reporter the white house says it thinks it has enough votes for the iran deal in the house. Though the senate may be close. Yes, it will be close in the senate but late world tonight two more democrats have signed up in favor of the iran deal, morgan including darling of the left and president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders who said he did so after a percentage reassurance from president obama. Morgan. Busy day in washington. Where we find our john terrett. Thanks so much, john. The unites Nations Security Council voted unanimously today to set up a panel to find out who is responsible i believe for chemical weapons attacks in syria. The u. S. Has blamed those attacks on the government of president Bashar Alassad. Now, this investigation could finally lead to justice for those victims. More from the united nations. Reporter there is an agreement on the what. Now the u. N. Security council wants to know the who. Will those in favor of the draft resolution pleas raise their hands. Reporter a unanimous vote to set up a panel of experts known as a joint investigative mechanism to finally point the finger the blame for the chemical weapons and clear ina at in syria. Its a significant step. The first time blame could be assigned to the perpetrators. This sends a clear and powerful messaging to all of those involved in chemical weapons attacks in syria. The joint investigative mechanism will identify you if you gas people. It bears repeating as well that we need to bring the same unity that we have shown today to you are giantsly findurgently find a political solution to the syrian crisis. Reporter the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons known as o. P. C. W. , concluded that chlorine has quote, systematically and repeatedly been used as a weapon in syria but they never had the mandate to assign blame. Russia supporting the resolution was a rare sign of agreement with the u. S. , but russia continues to view with skepticism u. S. And its allies accusations that syrian president Bashar Alassad was responsible. Translator the question of who used chlorine is still unanswered. Partly because the existing mechanism of the u. N. And o. P. C. W. Does not have a mandate to identify those participating in such acts. Moreover we became witnesses of many politicized statements in this regard which were clear meant to be propaganda. Reporter horrible scenes of human suffering is of aftermath of the attack on the outskirts of damascus in 2013 that killed hundreds which speared International Action to end syrias chemical weapons program. But once those responsible are named, what next . It could lead to sanctions but its not automatic. The u. N. Security council would need to take that issue up again separately at a later date. Blame might be a signed but it wont happen immediately. U. N. Secretary general ban kimoon now has 20 days to issue a recommendation on how this Investigative Panel should be set up, after that, investigators will have 90 days before they everybody need to issue their initial report on their findings. Everyone hopes that will be one step closer to bringing justice to the victims. Gabriel elizondo, al jazerra, at the united nations. The injury looks ready to announce its sentence for james holmes so lets take a moment and listen in. We have a unanimous final sentencing verdict on this count ask. We the jury understand that as a result court will impose a steps of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on this count. Final sentencing verdict form count four, murder in the first degree after deliberation, we the jury do not have a unanimous final sentencing verdict on this count and we the jury understand that as a result the court will impose a sentence of life in prison. Without the possibility of parole on this count. Final sentencing verdict form count five, murder in the first degree after deliberation, jessica, we the jury do not have a unanimous final sentencing verdict on this count. And we the jury understand that as a result, the court will impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on this count. 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Final sentencing verdict form count nine, murder in the first degree after deliberation, veronica more our sillville would we do the do no not have you someone mass vert and we understand the court will immaterial piece the sentence of life impressment without the possibility of parole on this count. Final sentencing verdict form count 10, murder in the first degree after deliberation, alex sullivan, we the jury and just to bring you up to speed here, this was a life or death decision for james holmes, thats the jury announcing its decision to give him a life sentence. And, again, this is james holmes of the colorado Movie Theater shooting. This is all happening at the county courthouse in centennial, colorado where we just saw james holmes was issued this life sentence. He gunned down 12 people in july of 2012 and he injured 70 more at the aurora theater in colorado. Last month he was convicted of 24 count and that was first degree murder, two for each of the victims who were killed in that shooting. Remember to stay with us because we will come back and bring you more on this at the bottom of the hour. Today marks one year since the u. S. Led coalition launched its air Strike Campaign against isil. Since then coalition airplanes have carried out more than 6,000 strikes and the pentagon claims about 10,000 eyes ill fighters have since been killed. But critics say isil is still strong. Jamie macintyre joins us live from the pentagon. Good everything, jamie. What is the pentagon saying now about really the effectiveness of this campaign . Reporter well, morgan, clearly the pentagon is on the defensive because of the slow pace of progress against the islamic state. Especially after the embarrassing admission this week that its first attempt to field antiisil forces in syria was pretty much a complete failure. Still military planners here are echoing a familiar refrain, that a patient ma not cal strategy will eventually defeat isil u. S. First started bombing last summer, isil was estimated to have 20 between thousand and 30,000 fighters. Now one year and 6,000 airstrikes later that estimate of troop strength is unchanged. While the u. S. Claims to have killed some 10,000 isil forces they have been replaced by foreign fighters, stream ago cross the turkish board never to syria and then in to iraq, still the obamaed administration argues one year later isil is losing. In iraq icing has lost the freedom to operate in some 30 of the territory that they held last summer. Overall, isil has lost more than 17,000 square kilometers of territory in northern syria. Thats over the course of the last year. And they are now cut off from all but 68 miles of the more than 500mile longboarder between syria and turkey. Reporter u. S. Central command says over the past year 10 Major Population Centers have been retaken from isil, including kobane in syria and tikrit in iraq. Instead of masked isil forces waving black flags and that versioning the country sides of iraq and sear request in big convoys like we saw last year capturing large swaths of new territory, you see an adversary thats losing ground steadily on nearly every front. Reporter but president obamas critic including many of the republicans who seek to replace him insist isil could be defeated quickly if the president would do an about face on his refusal to put american combat boots. I would not place one American Life at risk unless it was absolutely necessary. But to destroy isis is it necessary. We have a president that says we are going to change hearts and minds. Sometimes you win a war by killing, murderous evil terror iterrorists. We will take the political handcuffs off the military. If you are running for president of the United States and you dont understand that we need more american Ground Forces in iraq, and that america has to be part of a regional ground force, that will go in to syria and destroy isil in syria then you are not ready to be commanderinchief. And you are no the serious about destroying isil. Reporter there are now about 3500 american personnel in iraq, but only providing advice and support. The pentagon condition seeds that the full force of the u. S. Military could defeat isil much sooner especially in iraq. But argues the victory would be shortlived. If iraq is not prepared to restore a functioning inclusive government to the areas now ruled by isil. The pentagon says the u. S. And its 17 Coalition Partners are just one year in to what was projected to be a threeyear campaign. It admits that there are seven backs and that the pace is sometimes slow, but it insists that Iraqi Kurdish and other Friendly Forces can overtime defeat isil with out the need to put u. S. Troops back on the frontlines. Morgan. Jamie macintyre joining us live from the pentagon, jamie thanks so much for being with us. Now lets go to ferguson where this weekend will mark one year since the shooting death of Michael Brown. People took to the streets to protest the killing of Michael Brown and to also really protest the use of Excessive Force in casing involving minority communities, but what has really changed in this year . Diane estebrook joins us now live from ferguson. Diane, i know you have been following this story since the very beginning. And what have you found now a year later . Reporter well, morgan, one thing that we see on the ground here right now is there arent very many protesters. No protesters in fact at all. We may see them later in the week end. What we have seen is some change from a governmental perspective. There is a new interim city manager. There is a new interim police chief. Both of whom are African American. We have also seen some changes at the municipal court. A new young and they have also reduced some fines. Where we havent zeina the love change though, is in the Police Department itself. Its still pregot predominantly white. Of the 50 members of the police force only five are African American and two have been hired within the last year. And thats a real Sticking Point for a lot of people here in ferguson. One of those people is reverend tracy black man some is in a group appointed by jumper jay nicholsen looking to make changes here in ferguson and she says there still seem to be a lot of ago tag niche between the Police Department and some members of the black community. Even in protest says that have happened this the last two or three months the response from the police force in ferguson and st. Louis city has been super aggressive. Even if its 20 activists in the street, just a couple of weeks ago. Reporter one of the things that city is trying to do is develop a Community Policing programming that would put cops in to neighborhoods and develop a better relationship with the community. They have hired a consultant to help them with that. But that could still be months way from coming about. Morgan. Diane you mentioned Community Policing, what about Police Training. We know that yesterday the governor said he would revamp Police Training back in december. But has anything been done yet at the state level . Reporter not yet. He announced that yesterday and what et cetera looking for is hes put together a task force that will be looking at changes that will step up training, some of the Police Training, some of the things that they are following havent been changed in the last 20 years. Wow. Reporter he hopes of hopes to have those recommends to him by this december. We will be looking for those change. As you mentioned behind you the protesters gone, the press largely gone. So we will keep an eye out. Diane evening brook joining us live from ferguson, diane always a flesh 124ur remember to join us for a special report tonight flash point ferguson one year later at 8 30 eastern, 5 30 pacific right here on al jazerra. Speaking of police reform, Chicago Police today announced major changes to its stop and frisk policy. The practice has been criticized for really unfairly targeting minorities. But the new reforms in the nations second largest city call for an ongoing independent review of police stops. Thats a change that could be a model for the rest of the entire country. Reporter its being heralded as a landmark agreement. Hammered out between the chicago Police Department and American Civil Liberties union which had threatened to sue the city over its stop and frisk poll. Ipolicy. Its the first one in the country that was not a courtmandated agreement made with an organization like the aclu. Reporter mayor rahm emanuel says the change will boost Community Confidence in the police force. We have a real agreement today Going Forward of how to monitor, how to make sure the reporting and the recording of these events are consistent with the philosophy that i think is essential. Reporter former federal magistrate will oversee implementation of those reforms which include increased training for Police Officers and gathering Additional Information about who is stopped and why. The reforms follow a report in march by the aclu that suggested minorities were disproportion disproportionately targeted by police. According to a review of stops made between may and august of 2014 blacks made up 72 of all police stops. Yet make up just onethird of the entire population. And 250,000 of those stops did not lead to an arrest. The report also found that people in chicago were stopped more than four times as often as new yorkers at the height of new york citys stop and frisk practice back in 2011. We think this will have a very positive Community Impact because the cities agreed to follow the constitution and we have set up ways to verify that that is happening. Up next on al jazerra moving forward after the debate. What the republican field is now saying just a day after a recordbreaking performance. Plus. Plus the psychology of torture. How Mental Health professionals have been tied to the military for decades. And why that is all about to change. Stay tuned. All right, so 24 Million People tuned in to watch the republican primary debate last night. And that is the highest viewership for a president ial primary ever. That explains why those reactions keep coming in. David shuster is explains. Thank you all very much. And that will do it for the first republican primary debate. Reporter as soon as the debate ended it was donald trump who dominated the discussion and the news. In spin alley he proclaimed victory. Well, i really enjoyed it. It was something that i have never done before and everybody tells me i am winning every one of the polls so i am very happy about that. Reporter and when fox news analyst frank lunts reported that a Debate Focus Group had grown tired of trump. He set social media on friday. Quote. Frank is a low class slob who came for my office looking for consulting work and i had zero interest. Now he picked antitrump panels. The Reality Television star also trashed one of foxs debate moderateers megan well why generated criticism in some corners of the internet for this. You have called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Reporter quote wow meg am kelly really bombed. People are going wild on twitter. Funny to watch. The debate itself, according to figures released friday, was watched by over 24 Million Television viewers. That means it was the mostwatched primary debate in u. S. History. And by all accounts, trumps presence heightened the interest. Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid. Reporter but leading conservative column assists said friday that some of trumps rivals had a good night. Including marco rubio who took aim at democrat Hillary Clinton. How will Hillary Clinton lecture me about living pay check to pay check, i was i raised pay check to pay check. Reporter conservatives also praised john kasich for showing his humanity. Because, you know what, god gives me unconditional love will give it to my family and friends and the people around me. Reporter and several strategists identified former hewlettpackard ceo carli fewer ina as the winner of the second tier under card debate. Whatever your issue your cause, the festering problem you hoped would be resolved, the Political Class has failed you thats just a fact. And thats what donald trump taps in to. One of the most popular debate video clip on his line is the clash over government surveillance between new jersey governor chris consist and i kentucky senator rand paul. When you sit in a subcommittee blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. I dont trust president obama with our records, i know you gave him a big hug and if you want to give him a big hug again go right ahead. The hugs that i remember are the hugs i gave to the family who his lost lost their people on september 11th those are the holings i remember. Reporter iare the hucks illinois. Reporter the debate also produced some lighter moments. One coming from neurosurgeon ben carson. I am the only one to separate same ease twins the only one to take out half of a brain although you would think if you go to washington that somebody beat me to it. Reporter main event did not seem to produce any fatal gaffs or significant mistakes. Former penn senator Rick Santorum was asked if the Supreme Court legalizing game marriage is settle law. It is not. Abe lincoln said in his first inaugural address it wont stands. Reporter dread scott is considered to be the worst Supreme Court decision in history. It said blacks are not citizens and barely people. Santorum though, with his comparisons, barely registers in the polls. What matters most is the top tier. And after digesting their first debate analysts believe the g. O. P. Field will continue to be led by donald trump. Date i havedavid surester, al jazerra. Up next we go back to ferguson on the anniversary of Michael Browns death. What the governorrer is doing to insure change comes to his community. Plus or top story tonight, you are looking live in the colorado courtroom where james holmes was just given life in prison. Well breakdown the verdict neck. Next. Just a few minutes ago convicted murderer james holmes was sentenced to life in prison without parole and that was after a jury was unable to degree on the Death Penalty. The jury rejected holmes inning zip taye defense and he was convicted of murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others and that was during a midnight showing of the batman movie the dark knight. That attack was one of the worst mass killings in u. S. History. Beth legal analyst and former prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorneys Office joins us now here in new york. Bent did that decision surprise you . It surprised me because i was following this case from the beginning. And they havent been deliberating long in this particular phase. This was their fourth verdict. Every step of the way they were unanimous and returning a verdict, i thought meant yunnan him at this. And i thought it must be death. So i was surprised but there was an option that said we cannot unanimous, we understand the court will now sen steps him to life without parole. The sentencing wont happen. It starts on august 24th and will take three days because victims have a right to speak at sentencing. Which raises the question, you know, the victims the survivors of the attack, and even the families of the victims were really split on how that should be handled. Is there an appeals process that they can do . There will be an appeal, sure. Hes getting a life without parole sentence. Mandatory, 12 times over, and then he can get up to like 48 years for 70 other counts. So hes never going to get out. But hell have an appeal. This judge however and i have been in the criminal Justice System reporting on it or trying cases for 30 years hes one of the best jurists that i have seen. Makes a complete record. Smart as can be. Really . Nose the law. Yes. I just dont see a lot of appellate issues. What do you think ultimately swayed the jury here . Why didnt they give him the Death Penalty . There is someone on the jury who believe that his his Mental Illness is the main mitigator okay . I am fine with giving him life without parole, but i am am not going to be responsible for his death because of his Mental Illness, somebody is saying that. I dont know what the split is yet, its too early. Maybe the jurors will be speaking soon it may be a healthier split of 111, 102. There was one that didnt agree with anybody else, one or two or more with every other verdict they returned but when it a came to death. Huhuh. Beth, hold on, go back a minute. You are talking about this issue of Mental Illness. And the reality of it is, he has been diagnosed a schizophrenic but the jury already decided we know that you are mentally ill that still means you knew right from wrong. Which is also. [ inaudible ] [speaking at the same time] right. But mental ill illness was a factor two different ways in this case, one as part of the insanity defense which you just rejected and they when you just suggested and they rejected that and convicted him. The second is a mitigator whether or not it justified saving his life. The defense attorney stood up and said ill tell you why its a mitigator if he wasnt mentally ill this never would have happened. The jury doesnt seem to buy that . Somebody did. They are saying you did know right from wrong . They ejected that. But somebody bought it for the verdict returned tonight. What do you think this says then about how we treat the mentally ill in this country when crimes have been committed . Do you think this is a broader statement they dont deserve the Death Penalty . There is not enough time to answer that, morgan think but i will tell that you our prisons are full of people who are mentally ill. They are not insane under the law. But they are mentally ill. And they need help. But that doesnt mean we have a duty, we, the people, Law Enforcement, have a duty to protect everyone else from somebody who is mentally ill who might take a clever and stab someone on the street. Right . We have to do something with the mentally ill people. Incarcerating them en masse may not be the answer, but its the best that we are doing right now. He needs treatment, hes going to get treatment, but this is a man who was a neuroscience ph. D student bright man who plotted this murder for months. Who carried on his life, making right from wrong decisions all along, nobody detected anything going on, booby trapped his apartment so it would blow up if Law Enforcement went there and distract the First Responders that go to these apartment so he could kill more people in the theater. It was a diabolical act he engaged in. If he werent mentally ill he wouldnt have done it. Thats the argument. I dont know what the answer is. Throwing people, a lot of people in prison is not a good thing either. But violent felons need to be apart from society to protect you, me, and everyone else. We saw 12 people pay the ultimate price. All right beth karras, thank you so much for joining us. My pleasure. Its almost one year since mike browns shooting death in ferguson missouri. And al jazerras Lori Jane Gliha went two an event formed by missouris governor jay nixon and it happened in the aftermath that have shooting. Lori jane joins us now lori. Reporter morgan the governor was actually at the Commission Meeting today to thank the commission fore the work they have done over the last several months they have been meeting to discussion the root causes of the unrest in ferguson next month theyll present the governor with the report on policy recommendations recommendations in various areas like Law Enforcement, courts, Economic Opportunity and education. The governor says this process of reform has been a long march but i asked him whether or not he thinks change is happening fast enough. How satisfied are you with the pace of the change that has happened in the st. Louis area in and what do you say to the people who says its taking much too long to see change . It took us a long time do get here. These are decades and decades and decades of challenges. I think there have been some very quick responses in some areas. For the thousands of kids that were working this summer, instead of not working that was a dramatic and specific changeover the summer. For the Court Reforms we got done in i bipartisan way in the legislature, those were important for the dollars that have been committed here both private and public, those are short testimony. I think as i said in there, you have both shortterm necessities that can give confidence but ultimately these are long range problems that require a great deal of attention. Reporter as you heard the governor was happy to tout some of the recent changes that have happened including new statewide reforms for Law Enforcement that includes more training and better accreditation for Law Enforcement agencies. Also the municipal courts bill he signed last month which aims moving Court Systems from revenuebased system back to justicebased system. I want to you continues there for a minute with the specifics. We heard the governor describe the pace as a long march this. Reform is pretty swing. But specifically what all does it include . Reporter well being there is a lot municipalities in the area that are just like ferguson that have many similar issues as ferguson did. On a statewide level it will impact municipal courts where they will have a reduced amount of revenue they can bring in from traffic tickets and cap the amount of fines and fees that motorists get from various traffic fines and prevent people from going to jail if they are failing to pay. But the other thing is there is an accountability factor in here, there are sanctions for the municipalities if they fail to comply. All right Lori Jane Gliha reporting liver from ferguson tonight. You can see more of lori janes report on the ground america tonight and thats at 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Joining us now is patrice the cofounder of the black lives Matter Movement. And of an organization promoting Law Enforcement accountability. Thank you for joining us. Lay year has passed since mike brown was killed. Many frosts calls no justices and countless hashtags later and yet Police Shootings of unarmed black menmen, especially black men continues. Five years ago, three years ago this wasnt a National Conversation. The issue around Law Enforcement violence was not a part of the head lines and so now we get to expose an issue and you actually deal with it head on. Okay, so you say this wasnt part of the headlines just a few years ago but why was this different . Why did this trifecta of treyvon, michael eric gardener, also create this turning point where americans finally the look enough is enough . I think so much has to do with the Ferguson Community and saintsst. Louis communities standing found their rights dayday night after night. Rubber bullet after rubber bullet. Tear gas ca bester after tear gas canisters and the entire country and i argue the world watching ferguson p. D. Destroy the community of ferguson while ferguson residents said we will survive no matter what. It forced all of us to show up differently. It forced us to have a different conversation about the value of black life. It forced to us really say how were we going to make black lives actually matter. It sounds like what you are saying is that in this case we actually saw it base of the internet social media, we could see those rubber bullets and the tear gas that you just mentioned. What role do you think social media has played in all of this . Its played the most crucial role. Ferguson and mike brown would have not become National Headlines if it werent for the Actual Community hashtaging ferguson hashtaging mike brown and making it trend. Black lives matter wouldnt have turn ed in to a viral hashtag if it werent for the community. And the community as cross the country hashtaging black lives matter and making it become a viral conversation. Social media has been our outlet. This generations outlet to actually name our narratives. Patrice, i want to go back to something you mentioned just a moment ago. When you said a few years ago this wasnt part of the conversation. This understanding around black lives matter. Well the Republican Debate as you know was just last night. And the movement was mentioned but barely. So how can we really get the president ial candidates to focus on the issues and actually make them part of this National Conversation . I mean, part of the work that we have to do on the ground as a part of this movement is to show up to these convention spaces. Unfortunately, the g. O. P. Debate was inaccessible to communities you have to pay for it. They shutdown the registration online pretty quickly and so the question becomes how are communities going to be able to be a part of the Public Discourse . As you may know, during. [ inaudible ] nation many of us shutdown that president ial forum debate with Bernie Sanders and governor omalley, and we pressured them to have a conversation about black lives matter. And so we have seen the Democratic Candidates show up for this conversation and its now a part of our job to make the remember kansas datz show found information as welt. But when you say it was inaccessible, what exactly do you mean . To whom was it inaccessible . I say it was inning as cesc i believe to the people of cleveland to black communities who are mostly poor. To be able to show up to the debate. And i think we could are able to pose questions to candidates. I think we should be able to be in the awed audience and be able to protest these debates if we fit. Patrice the poe founder of the black lives Matter Movement and the founder of dignity and power now patrice thank so much for joining us. Thanks. Tonight at 8 30 eastern, well bring you a special report that is flash points ferguson one year later and that comes up in about an hour right here on al jazerra. Today the American Psychology Association overwhelmingly voted to bar its members from participating in National Security interrogations of enemy chat combatant basically meaning no torture the dissenter vote was from a former Army Intelligence psychologist at guantanmo it comes after several reports that revealed after 9 11. A. P. A. Leaders worked with the cia and pentagon on the interrogations. They may be present still but only if they are working for detainees or for a third party to protect human rights. The relationship between the military and psychologists go back to the beginning of the 20th century jacob word looks at that history. Reporter you would be forgiven for thinking that a vote on the relationship between the American Psychological association and the military would only involve a small fraction of its members and not be a corish fought organization. But the truth; the relationship between the a. P. A. And the military goes back over a century n world war i the a. P. A. White sox used was used to refine recruitments. Which soldiers were okay for combat which should be combat pilots that sort of thing by 1919 the top ranking official in the a. P. A. Was the stop ranking military psychologist action a relationship blossomed between the two organizations that was very mutually beneficial. In world war ii the a. P. A. Was used as an offensive tactic sorting out things like the nazi mentality and figure out how to best control prisoners of war and funding went with all of that. By 1952. 78 of funding for Psychology Research came from the department of defense. In the cold war, it was used to decipher things like emergency is as and mind control it ice layings, sleep depravation. Here was conducted the most known students were recruited and divide ed in to two groups, prisoners and guards, the experiment had to be canceled after six days because the participants took to their roles a little too zealously the thing that very few people know about this project is that it was funded by the office of navel research. It was a military project. In the post 9 11 era, psychologists were starting to be used to refine interrogation techniques themselves. In fact, a behavioral control structure was created drawn directly from the a. P. A. According to a Senate Armed Forces Committee Report that came in 2010. With this voigt sevenning ties between the a. P. A. And the military, there is not just some sort of format its not a statement the conscience, its in fact a divorce between two very powerful organizations that have been connect today over a century. That was jacob ward reporting. Still ahead washed away. Villages devastated by the worst flooding myanmar has seen in decades. Plus this. Reporter we are watching a powerful typhoon right now making its way across parts of taiwan flooding, mood slides, land slides a major problem and the threat is still going to continues. More on that in just a moment. And they call it murder ball. The best wheelchair wrigley players in the entire world compete for gold at the pan am games, check it out. Tie whop is taking a direct hit from the strongest storm to hit the planet this year, making land on the east coast packing sustainssustains winds of 120 Miles Per Hour and gusts of up to 150 miles an hour, one area has already been inundated with more than 40inches of rain and it doesnt even stop there. Flooding mudslides and up to a billion dollars in damage is still expected to continues. So for that we bring in our meteorologist kevin with more. Meteorologist this is going to be a big story through the weekend. And it is now saturday morning so a lot of people are waking up to to the devastation of this particular system here, this was a picture take friend space as the system was a super typhoon just a few days ago. Just a few hours ago the storm made its landfall here on the eastern coast and we have seen winds gusting up to over 160 Miles Per Hour with this particular storm. What you will notice, though, over the last couple of hours is that this very distinct eye right before making landfall began to dissipate, that is because of the mountainous area of the island began to shred apart some of the storm. It was a category three equivalent as it made landfall. So it had a a lot of punch as it was making its way across the island, one city toward the northeastern coast saw 45inches of rain just in the last 48 hours and we expect to see another 24inches of rain with this storm here. So the storm system is now located right about the center part of the island, what will happen here is all of that rain is going to be fulled down in to these mountain valleys and we expect to see the flash flooding and mud slights as well as land slides, so over the next 24 to 48 hours the big problem here is going to be the continued rain, another 24inches of rain, especially here across parts of taiwan then the system will make its way across the taiwan straight and then we expect to see another hit with a typhoon equivalent to category one in parts of Central China here causing flood as well. Well be watching this morgan as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. All right kevin, thank you so much. Flood warnings are in place in the southern delta reason unin me an mayor the president is urging people in those leelike areas to move to shelter. Florence looi reports from one of the worst affected areas. Reporter this is what greeted him when he returned home after the flood waters receded. Buried under the debris is what used to be his house. In a village outside the town in western Rakhine State. Translator i was poor but now i have nothing best. Even my house is no more. Reporter some 40 other homes in this village have also been damaged. Translator at first the water kept coming slowly. Slowly. Then all of a sudden, it was very high. Reporter but there are no fatalities here because monks from a nearby mon industry sent boats to ferry people to safety. Floods are common during the monsoon season bugs the villagers say this is the worst they have experienced. There are similar scenes of destruction along the road, people here think it will take them months before they are able to clear the debris left behind by the floods. The army has been deployed to help in some areas. But their equipment is basic. The flood have his affected more than a million acres of farmland. Much of their paddy fields. There are concerned there may be a shortage of rice, the staple food in myanmar. She and her husband are farmers. Their small warehouse was submerges and they are trying to salvage stock from their last harvest. Translator we dont have enough food, my fields have been destroyed and now i am in debt. Reporter local groups, international n. G. O. S and the government a have been distributed relief packs, food and more critically, clean drinking water. But in thisville village aid hasnt yet arrived. Access by road was only reopened the day before. The people here say they need help. And they need it soon. Florence looi, al jazerra Rakhine State myanmar. Right here at home hundreds of people forced to flee from californias fierce rocky fire are returning home, but many are finding only ash and debris where their houses once stood. 43 homes were destroyed in clear lake oaks, including seven structure on his this sprawling artist compound. That fire burned through about 100 square miles and thats the largest of 23 wild fires burning in california. A total of 13,000 people were evacuated and Officials Say the fire is about 40 contained now. So for a look as whats coming up at the top of the hour john seeing en thoughter is here. John. Hi morgan, coming up a the 8 00 well have more on the decision to sentence the aurora theater shoot never life in prison. Also our special report flash point ferguson one year later. How the city has changed. How the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white Police Officer changed the conversation about race in america. We have been asleep after the assassination of dr. King, after the assassination of malcolm x after the is sags nation of all of our Freedom Fighters historically speaking. Then a lot of our people became afraid. But then you have the energy of the young people that are standing up and saying enough is enough. You know, this is happening long enough. The death of Michael Brown has forced a rehe rail reevaluation of how police use force. Well see the effort did demilitarize the police, including one being suess at a Police Academy any wash state called blue courage. The Academy Director explains. Its to focus on the honor and know bill at this of policing. To make sure that officers have the mind set of a guardian when they approach their job. Wrath are than the mind set ive warrior. All of those stories and a lot more coming up in about six minutes, morgan. Thanks so much, john. The para pan am games getting underway tonight where disabled athletes from 28 Different Countries all take part in a notoriously rough sport this sport is called murderball and will be played for the very first time. Daniel lak explains. It was 20 years ago i was an able bodied just like everybody else working having fun playing, young athletic guy i went head first not boards playing hockey and was paralyzed from the chest down. Reporter a damaged spinal court ended daves days playing recreational ice hockey. But during rehabilitation he found a replacement just as fast aggressive and rough. Its got a colorful name and it comes from canada. Murderball was invented right in winnipeg back in the 70s, it was a bunch of of quadriplegics who are sitting on the end of the bench for basketball all the time trying to compete with, you know, pair pleonal i cans and amputees with a lot of function, they just stuck around in the gym one day and kind of came up with this game and then at the same time, they said, lets make it full contact. Reporter as gleefully as they bash their rugged wheelchairs together, murderballers arent allowed body contact. Teams of four move a ball around a court scoring when they cross the opposite goal line. Each team has players with differing levels of limb function those who can move their arms the most, try to score goals. Others with less movement, they just impede and ram their opponents. Personally i have been playing the sport for four years, never had any serious injuries been banged up a bit here and there you might get your hand pitched a bit. But no concussions for me, i have been fortunate so far knock on wood. Reporter its top level athleticism with all the training and commitment of ablebody sport. But its also about inspiration. Players spends a lot of time meeting children, some of them young paraplegics telling them they can still be parts of something physical, competitive and very special. Yesterday, you know, we went to the to a Childrens Center with all disabled kids and they were a little more disabled so all we did was sit in a circle and throw the ball around and bounce balls and have some fun that way. But they had huge smiles on. And we kind of would bump into to each other. Reporter canadians inning vent third degree sport have have won a lot of medals over the years before a hometown crowd, they will be going for gold against the u. S. , brazil, argentina, colombia, and chill say, canada is confident. I think we are the hardest team to prepare for because we run so many different lineups we have so much depth and so many strong players that you cant focus on one thing. And you know you are go he go to get hit when you have the ball. Reporter one thing is guaranteed, it will be a lively tournament. Daniel lak, al jazerra near london ontario. I am Morgan Radford thanks so much for joining us this evening. John siegenthaler will be right back with you in just a few moments and then the International Hour with antonio mora. Remember you can always get the latest news any time on aljazerra. Com. Have a great evening. You hi everyone, this is Al Jazeera America im geeght. John siegenthaler. One year later. 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